March 28, 2012 – 12:05 pm
A good news/bad news poll. The good news (Reuters) More than two-thirds of Americans disapprove of the way President Barack Obama is handling high gasoline prices, although most do not blame him for them, according to a Reuters/Ipsos online poll released on Tuesday. Sixty-eight percent disapprove and 24 percent approve of how Obama is responding […]
March 27, 2012 – 9:41 am
Monday was the preliminarily remarks, attempting to set certain boundaries and assess a few basic questions. Politico provides 5 takeaways, which include The feds’ taxing power argument may be D.O.A. The justices don’t seem willing to let the Obama administration have it both ways on the tax argument — a point that one of the […]
March 27, 2012 – 8:52 am
Remember this? “Under my plan, the “Cap and Trade System†electricity rates would necessarily sky rocket†Well, since he cannot get that to happen through legislation, even during the time Democrats fully controlled the Senate and House, (NMP) Obama looks to have the EPA institute regulations which will lead to higher energy costs and less […]
March 26, 2012 – 9:14 am
Apparently, the Smartest President Evah! still doesn’t understand that those little sidebar conversations are often picked up by microphones, leading to this exchange with current Russian President Dmitri Medvedev Monday in Seoul, meant to be transmitted back to incoming President Putin (ABC News) President Obama: On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this […]
March 26, 2012 – 8:42 am
That’s right, today is the day the oral arguments start over the constitutionality of Affordable Care Act. Perhaps they should start with the name, since the legislation is anything but affordable. Anyhow, the NY Times points out that day 1 will be excruciatingly boring, as it will be a discussion over whether the High Court […]
March 24, 2012 – 9:38 am
When asked, Obama had this to say about Trayvon Martin Well, I’m the head of the executive branch, and the Attorney General reports to me so I’ve got to be careful about my statements to make sure that we’re not impairing any investigation that’s taking place right now. But obviously, this is a tragedy. I […]
March 24, 2012 – 8:46 am
Happy Saturday! It’s a beautiful day in America, and yet another Saturday where (NMP) is whining pushing for more stimulus style money for transportation in his weekly address. Not sure why, since it is starting to get a little too expensive for Americans to drive on America’s “crumbling roads and bridges“. And “we’ve got thousands […]
March 23, 2012 – 11:25 am
Priorities (Politico) A Senate Judiciary subcommittee will hold a hearing on the bounty system allegedly used by several National Football League teams – one day after top coaches from the New Orleans Saints were suspended as punishment for a program that awarded players with cash if they injured their opponents. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who […]
March 23, 2012 – 8:55 am
Remember the good old days in the years immediately post-9/11, when Democrats freaked out over the government gathering information, which captured some data on US citizens? Remember the insanity over listening to international calls, despite still needing a warrant if it was determined that a US citizen was on the line? Back in 2007, Obama […]
March 22, 2012 – 2:06 pm
No, seriously, he really tries this (Fox News) While making his push for solar, Obama explained to a reporter for National Public Radio that the blame for Solyndra was bipartisan and not the fault of the Obama Democrats “per se.” “Congress, Democrats and Republicans, put together a loan guarantee program because they understood historically that […]
